Example Sentences

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Because the planet rotates as it moves across the face of its star, changes in the signal over time correspond to different longitudes on the planet.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

According to Sotheby's, the piece contains 94 cities inscribed within it, each marked with their respective longitudes and latitudes, along with 38 star pointers linked by intricate floral tracery.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

For instance, latitudes and longitudes meet at right angles on the Earth’s surface, so they appear as a nice rectangular grid on the Mercator map.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026

A Latin inscription next to him reads “In this mountain range, King Ptolemaeus uses a world-compass and through astrology, by longitudes and by latitudes, he constructed a mappa mundi and a cosmography.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023

Then I turn my attention to the longitudes and latitudes on the map’s sides.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu